I am so scared

[Adamj]

I am so scared there’s more than anxiety and stress wrong with me. I feel like I may of had a seizure yesterday evening but I don’t know if it was a seizure or a weird panic attack. I was sitting at my desk I had pretty much felt funky all day kinda stressed brain fog slightly. Anyway I was sitting at my desk just feeling funky and I was reading a Facebook post I had this fast headache next to my left eye and nose next thing I know I had this weird sensation come over me most felt in my right side felt like a surge of something or like a sensation went to check my pulse felt like I couldn’t feel it at first then I felt it beating fast went down stairs everything went really clear in my head but I was still panicked because of the feeling it just kept happening off and on for 30 minutes my muscles got tense and twitched it like I didn’t go riggid or anything I remember everything I also got hot flashes and was chilly was scary after about an hour I started feeling better just drained and fatigued and exhausted slept horrible woke up 2 hours after falling asleep in a panic and disoriented and sweating took me 3 hours to fall back to sleep only to sleep for 2 more hours. I’m so scared I’m going to my doctors again today

[Hidden]

Adam, so sorry to hear you're going through this, that does sound like it would be very scary to experience. You're absolutely doing the right thing by contacting your doctor and taking inventory of what happened. For me, I too struggle with the blend of mental illness and physical illness, wondering when it's one or the other. Wishing you some clarity soon

[Adamj in reply to Hidden]

The doctor and nurse are pretty sure it’s panic attacks and anxiety. I had episodes at the doctors thought I was dying because I was sitting there and felt like I couldn’t breath for a second so they did an EKG and they said it looked normal besides my higher heart rate I feel so exhausted and such ugh it’s a vicious cycle and they seen me in the cycle first hand. Im going to try Paxil

[AnxiousSilver]

I'm not a professional, but (to me) that seems more like a Panic Attack.

JMO.

[Adamj in reply to AnxiousSilver]

The doctor and nurse are pretty sure it’s panic attacks and anxiety. I had episodes at the doctors thought I was dying because I was sitting there and felt like I couldn’t breath for a second so they did an EKG and they said it looked normal besides my higher heart rate I feel so exhausted and such ugh it’s a vicious cycle and they seen me in the cycle first hand. Im going to try Paxil

[AnxiousSilver in reply to Adamj]

Hopefully the new med works out for you.

[Hb2003]

Maybe your body is overstimulated and it had to physically let out the stress ? That sometimes happens to me too I get random twitches or my body shakes so i just take deep breaths and use lavender oil it helpes a lot also you might be low or have too much magnesium that can cause that as well .. I hope that your feeling better I understand how scary it can be

[Adamj in reply to Hb2003]

The doctor and nurse are pretty sure it’s panic attacks and anxiety. I had episodes at the doctors thought I was dying because I was sitting there and felt like I couldn’t breath for a second so they did an EKG and they said it looked normal besides my higher heart rate I feel so exhausted and such ugh it’s a vicious cycle and they seen me in the cycle first hand. Im going to try Paxil

[Starrlight]

Let us know what the doc says? Best to you!

[Adamj in reply to Starrlight]

The doctor and nurse are pretty sure it’s panic attacks and anxiety. I had episodes at the doctors thought I was dying because I was sitting there and felt like I couldn’t breath for a second so they did an EKG and they said it looked normal besides my higher heart rate I feel so exhausted and such ugh it’s a vicious cycle and they seen me in the cycle first hand. Im going to try Paxil

[Starrlight in reply to Adamj]

I hear you. I’ve started getting some panic attacks lately I think due to the changes I have made in my life, ptsd was triggered as well recently, and that causes extra anxiety to fuel the attacks.

It’s great that you saw a doc and although of course you don’t want the anxiety at least it you got your answers so it does make sense that you would want to try something like the Paxil. I got on Paxil and it has helped a lot.

Best to you.

How are you feeling now?

[Adamj in reply to Starrlight]

I’m feeling okay right now still feeling anxious worried to have intense panic attacks again

[Starrlight]

I’m scared too. I too am feeling anxious and worried... not just for the next panic attack but for the unknown like what if I fail my kids etc things that are most important to me I get frozen afraid of lately.

We will make it, it just takes patience and deep breathing and mindfulness to try to be in the present moment, even when we are panicky.

Saying a prayer for us now. Can’t hurt.